And I hate texting. I try to explain to young people we have the technology to send are voices through the air. That's new technology. Texting is OLD technology, we used to call it Morse code.

YES! I am also not a fan. I can talk directly to you, or leave you a quick voice mail, in half the time it takes to type out what I want to say and with less confusion (since you get to hear full tone of voice and everything). I do not understand the appeal...

I prefer text-a-friend over phone-a-friend because it takes less time and more importantly, it takes less of the other person's time and doesn't require them to stop what they're doing and devote their full attention to helping me find a cache. I especially prefer it for someone I don't know very well, or someone who doesn't owe me a favor. But I usually don't text people who haven't already texted me, because (as we see in this thread) some people don't like texting or don't know how it works.

And I hate texting. I try to explain to young people we have the technology to send are voices through the air. That's new technology. Texting is OLD technology, we used to call it Morse code.

YES! I am also not a fan. I can talk directly to you, or leave you a quick voice mail, in half the time it takes to type out what I want to say and with less confusion (since you get to hear full tone of voice and everything). I do not understand the appeal...

I prefer text-a-friend over phone-a-friend because it takes less time and more importantly, it takes less of the other person's time and doesn't require them to stop what they're doing and devote their full attention to helping me find a cache. I especially prefer it for someone I don't know very well, or someone who doesn't owe me a favor. But I usually don't text people who haven't already texted me, because (as we see in this thread) some people don't like texting or don't know how it works.

I do see the argument that texting is a little less intrusive and isn't asking for someone's complete attention right now, and maybe I'm just slow at texting (though I do have a slide out keyboard on my phone, so it isn't even as bad as it could be), but I can not type out a legible description on a phone as quickly as I can say it, so it doesn't seem faster to me. Also, I have no problem letting a call go to VM if I'm not available to talk right then, so it doesn't have to be that demanding, but I know a lot of people feel the sense that they HAVE to answer a ringing phone, so I get that...

I have a smart phone, but with very limited data. When I changed from a BB to an iPhone 5 I was surprised at how much more data the iPhone uses, doing the SAME stuff. So usually I have my data off - this creates a whole different set of problems. So yes I cache with a smart phone with me, but use my Oregon for navigation. I turn on the data briefly when I need to check something, then turn it off again. I know, a totally lame way to use a smart phone! But I very much appreciate all the help I get with PAF and TAF.